Taking a city while someone is besieging it!

[ZombieFriedNuts]

I was besieging a city belonging to the mughal empire when an army from the maratha confederacy came and took the city right from under my nose I am at war with both parties.

[Hooahguy]

that stinks.

[Ordani]

In the event of a multiparty siege, the one who initiates the battle gets the city if the battle is won, even if all their forces are killed in the process. Fairly lame.

[antisocialmunky]

What a step backwards. The city should goto the faction with the most troops left like in all the other TWs.

[Phog_of_War]

I actually seem to recall this happening in another Total War title.

[Ignoramus]

In MTW, it went to the faction with the most troops left. However, in RTW and MTWII, it was allocated on "first in, best dressed." So you could simply assault a city with peasants, and let your ally do the fighting. However, considering the number of allied battles was essentially nonexistent, it wasn't a problem.